Gals is a series of Russian
communication satellite
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth. ...
s. The first launch was on 20 January 1994, for Chinese TV broadcast.
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GALS-1 details and orbit tracking mapGALS-2 details and orbit tracking map
Satellite television
Communications satellites in geostationary orbit
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